RHETOR 109 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Sexualization, Racialization
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Utility v. luxury: arvay: music, finer things in life, jim: reaction to arvay"s spasms saved you a lot of spells of sickness, and me a whole lot of doctors bills. (34) Seems like he is accusing her of faking/ feigning. Racialization within the novel: speculation about why hurston wrote this book with white characters. Criticism: she exploited low income blacks for the reading pleasure of rich whites, address/ cater to white audience. Perhaps she was tired of this criticism. Arvay recognizes that earl is like his uncle falls on her side of the family, poor whites; other two children look like jim. Power dynamic between jim and arvay: arvay wants to come out on top, identify herself with earl. Putting earl away, has earl stay with her parents: finds that life is easier without earl. Earl"s sounds are characterized as animal"s sounds animalistic, primitive.
